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28 Feb 2006 02:59:10 AM |
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the etiomology of the word "washer" |
I do not have a etiomology book handy. I am wondering of the origin of
the name "washer" as in bolts, screws, nuts in fasteners. I can see the
name "nuts" derived for they look like them. I can see the name screws
for screws since that is the motion involved. But where does the name
washer derive? Was there a Mr. Washer who invented or sold these things
in past times. Or does a washer have some sort of washing effect on
bolts and nuts.
Anyone
Archimedes Plutonium
www.iw.net/~a_plutonium
whole entire Universe is just one big atom
where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies
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| User: "Robert Low" |
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| Title: Re: the etiomology of the word "washer" |
28 Feb 2006 01:27:34 PM |
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wrote:
I do not have a etiomology book handy.
You mis-spelled 'entomology'. Now that you
know the correct spelling, you can find
relevant books.
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| User: "W. Dale Hall" |
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| Title: Re: the etiomology of the word "washer" |
28 Feb 2006 03:29:26 PM |
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Robert Low wrote:
a_plutonium@hotmail.com wrote:
I do not have a etiomology book handy.
You mis-spelled 'entomology'. Now that you
know the correct spelling, you can find
relevant books.
oops.
or non-oops, and hahaha.
From Webster online:
http://www.m-w.com/
Entomology:
Main Entry: en·to·mol·o·gy
Pronunciation: "en-t&-'mä-l&-jE
Function: noun
Etymology: French entomologie,
from Greek entomon insect (from neuter of
entomos cut up, from en- + temnein to cut)
+ French -logie -logy -- more at TOME
: a branch of zoology that deals with insects
The word was ETYMOLOGY (Webster's actually gave a
big fat hint, but I did know the word and its affinity
for entomology in the slip of the tongue)
Main Entry: et·y·mol·o·gy
Pronunciation: -jE (don't blame me, I'm just copying)
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -gies
Etymology: Middle English ethimologie, from Latin
etymologia, from Greek, from etymon + -logia -logy
1 : the history of a linguistic form (as a word)
shown by tracing its development since its earliest
recorded occurrence in the language where it is
found, by tracing its transmission from one language
to another, by analyzing it into its component parts,
by identifying its cognates in other languages, or
by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral
form in an ancestral language
2 : a branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies
Dale.
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| User: "Rick Decker" |
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| Title: Re: the etiomology of the word "washer" |
28 Feb 2006 03:33:18 PM |
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Robert Low wrote:
a_plutonium@hotmail.com wrote:
I do not have a etiomology book handy.
You mis-spelled 'entomology'. Now that you
know the correct spelling, you can find
relevant books.
Ooh, this is just too good to resist. Although
AP did indeed spell the word incorrectly, you should
be especially careful before you post a spelling
nit-pick. Unless your post was a very subtle joke,
I don't think AP was talking about insects, but
rather about word origins.
Regards,
Rick
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| User: "Russell" |
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| Title: Re: the etiomology of the word "washer" |
28 Feb 2006 04:06:30 PM |
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Rick Decker wrote:
Robert Low wrote:
a_plutonium@hotmail.com wrote:
I do not have a etiomology book handy.
You mis-spelled 'entomology'. Now that you
know the correct spelling, you can find
relevant books.
Ooh, this is just too good to resist. Although
AP did indeed spell the word incorrectly, you should
be especially careful before you post a spelling
nit-pick. Unless your post was a very subtle joke,
I don't think AP was talking about insects, but
rather about word origins.
Now really, do you think that Robert Low would have
posted a *serious* response to Archimedes Plutonium?
(Surely Low's comically smug delivery was supposed
to be a clue that it *is* a joke. And it can't have been
*very* subtle if *I* got it.)
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| User: "Robert Low" |
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| Title: Re: the etiomology of the word "washer" |
28 Feb 2006 03:44:36 PM |
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Rick Decker wrote:
Robert Low wrote:
a_plutonium@hotmail.com wrote:
I do not have a etiomology book handy.
You mis-spelled 'entomology'. Now that you
know the correct spelling, you can find
relevant books.
Ooh, this is just too good to resist. Although
AP did indeed spell the word incorrectly, you should
be especially careful before you post a spelling
nit-pick. Unless your post was a very subtle joke,
A rather unsubtle joke, I thought. Oh well.
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| User: "SCW" |
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| Title: Re: the etiomology of the word "washer" |
28 Feb 2006 04:24:46 AM |
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wrote:
I do not have a etiomology book handy. I am wondering of the origin of
the name "washer" as in bolts, screws, nuts in fasteners. I can see the
name "nuts" derived for they look like them. I can see the name screws
for screws since that is the motion involved. But where does the name
washer derive? Was there a Mr. Washer who invented or sold these things
in past times. Or does a washer have some sort of washing effect on
bolts and nuts.
Anyone
Archimedes Plutonium
www.iw.net/~a_plutonium
whole entire Universe is just one big atom
where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies
Well done! Another bang on topic post for sci.physics
Try www.etymonline.com
Apparently it's from the archaic French "vis", so presumably the
pronunciation would be "vas", then "vaser" the "washer"
Your other assumption for screw and nut appear to be correct.
SCW
(Who really should be working, not messing around in newsgroups...)
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: the etiomology of the word "washer" |
28 Feb 2006 06:39:18 AM |
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I can see the name screws
for screws since that is the motion involved.
*************
So, when you ram it to your partner (assuming you're male), you start
twirling around like a pinwheel simulating a "screwing" motion? Wow!
Any streaming video of that? Sounds as kinky as some sort of plan to
hang aluminum sheets in space , or somesuch.
"Darelene, come over here . Lookit what old Plato Nuclear Waste posted
this time!!!!!!!!"
"Oh, Don, that's funnier than a dog
sittin' in a patch uh bull-nettle. Where did you misplace the mass
teleporter again????"
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: the etiomology of the word "washer" |
01 Mar 2006 01:13:49 PM |
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SCW wrote:
Well done! Another bang on topic post for sci.physics
Try www.etymonline.com
Apparently it's from the archaic French "vis", so presumably the
pronunciation would be "vas", then "vaser" the "washer"
Your other assumption for screw and nut appear to be correct.
SCW
(Who really should be working, not messing around in newsgroups...)
A.P. writes:
And what did the French word "vis" mean when they attached it to the
object of a washer? And does this mean that the invention of the washer
came from France? Can we pinpoint when the world's first washers were
in existence? Sort of like the history of the Washer. The history of
the drill bit is far more important but the history of the washer
should be interesting as well.
Now I wonder how many years went by between the invention or discovery
of the nail from that of the screw. I would guess at least a couple of
thousands of years between those two inventions/discoveries. My guess
is that the screw was discovered as a flawed nail. So that it had
excess metal in the fabrication and the only way to use it was to twist
it into the wood. But that is merely a guess.
Archimedes Plutonium
www.iw.net/~a_plutonium
whole entire Universe is just one big atom
where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies
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| User: "SCW" |
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| Title: Re: the etiomology of the word "washer" |
01 Mar 2006 02:50:19 PM |
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wrote:
SCW wrote:
Well done! Another bang on topic post for sci.physics
Try www.etymonline.com
Apparently it's from the archaic French "vis", so presumably the
pronunciation would be "vas", then "vaser" the "washer"
Your other assumption for screw and nut appear to be correct.
SCW
(Who really should be working, not messing around in newsgroups...)
A.P. writes:
And what did the French word "vis" mean when they attached it to the
object of a washer? And does this mean that the invention of the washer
came from France? Can we pinpoint when the world's first washers were
in existence? Sort of like the history of the Washer. The history of
the drill bit is far more important but the history of the washer
should be interesting as well.
Now I wonder how many years went by between the invention or discovery
of the nail from that of the screw. I would guess at least a couple of
thousands of years between those two inventions/discoveries. My guess
is that the screw was discovered as a flawed nail. So that it had
excess metal in the fabrication and the only way to use it was to twist
it into the wood. But that is merely a guess.
Archimedes Plutonium
www.iw.net/~a_plutonium
whole entire Universe is just one big atom
where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies
errrm. I made a mistake in replying here, didn't I?
<closes door quietly>
SCW
"[...] SCW is not a customer. He's a f****ing ***** kisser like you."
- Louis Savain
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